Steering tip - This is an element of the steering in the car providing mobility and rotation of the wheels to the desired angle. The ball connection is laid in its principle. On one side, the tip is attached to the steering line, and on the other is connected to the swivel fist. The main "enemies" of the steering tip is moisture, dirt and bad roads.
Function steering tip - Transmit translational movements from one knot of the steering mechanism to another, with this angle between these parts changes to a small extent. To make a similar design, tips are made in the form of hinges, that is, movable. The number of tips varies from 4 to 6 pieces, it all depends on how the steering is constructed. The steering tip device in the steering tip design includes 8 main elements: 1) the housing that has an axis; 2) pin (or finger) with threads along the entire length; 3) Teflon gasket, the finger moves along it; 4) Carter, it is installed on the housing, prevents breakdown damage from deformation and shock; 5) a plastic cover located on the side of the finger, protecting the case and the tip itself; 6) Silicone ring, pinning a protective case installed on the finger; 7) spring, which contributes to a more reliable consolidation of the case on the case; 8) Nut holding a finger.
Signs of failure
Checking the steering tips must be performed immediately after the worsening of the quality of the car control appears. If you have become harder to manage your car, it can be a sign of wear or breakdowns of tips or one of them. Also, the problems indicate a deaf sound at each turn, a tangible return to the steering wheel of the slightest road irregularities.
The steering tip boot is designed to protect the ball joint from the external environment, on this, its damage contributes to the failure of this part.
It should be noted that the primary inspection can be performed independently, which will help at least determine where the problem. To do this, you should know how to check the steering tips yourself. This operation is performed by two people. The car must be driven to the observation hole, install on the parking brake and turn off the ignition. One person needs to sit in the salon and twist the steering wheel in different directions, and the other at this time should be under the car and monitor the tip. The presence of a backlash is very simply detected visually (shaking wheels). In addition to the backlash, you also need to check the integrity of protective anthers and the reliability of fastening to the rotary levers.
In connection with the poor quality of our roads, the steering tips are considered expenditure parts, so their periodic replacement is the responsibility of owners of all types of cars.
Do not forget that after replacing the steering tips adjustment, the gathering of the wheel collapse is a mandatory procedure.
For some machine models, repaired tips are manufactured, in which you can simply change the liners and go further.
Replacing the tip of the steering traction - the technology and procedure
Considering that on each of the parts of the steering system, there is a huge responsibility, when signs of malfunction appear, urgently should be repaired.
Steering tips are considered the consumable material, which, when the backlash appears, you just need to be replaced. For some models, tips are designed to be repaired. They need to replace the inserted liner for a new one. Both replacement and repair, the tip must be removed.
Removing the steering tip is made as follows:
The whole procedure takes 15-20 minutes, but it will be able to ensure that the steering will not lead on the road and will not cause the accident. It is important to remember that after replacing the steering tips, it is necessarily recommended to carry out the collapse. Although, some masters and do not insist on it.
Lifetime
It is worth noting that this mechanism is one of the most vulnerable in the design of the car. On average, the tip of the steering is not more than 30-40 thousand kilometers. As a rule, the condition of the road canvase is pernicably affected by the service life of this part. And since in Russia the roads are not everywhere everywhere, it is often necessary to check the condition of the steering and tip, including.
If this mechanism has recently failed, and you are going to acquire a new one, pay special attention to the state of the anther. If it has cracks or it is made of poor-quality rubber, which is almost impossible to visually determine, the risk that it breaks is increasing several times. And if the boot will not fulfill its direct functions, it threatens the failure of the hinge. Therefore, trust only to well-known manufacturers and do not neglect the replacement of tips.
Road safety directly depends on the health of the main systems of the car - engine, brake, fuel system, suspension, steering. Car handling, efforts applied to the steering wheel, the timely response of the wheels on the steering wheel - for all this corresponds to the steering system consisting of a steering mechanism and drive. It is the drive (traction, levers, ages) acts as a link between the rotation of the steering wheel and the rotation of the wheels.
Often, during the operation of the car on the steering rods, it is remembered only when obvious features are detected. Moreover, problems with thrust in some cases are similar to a disorder disorder violation or malfunctions in the suspension, therefore, the automobile owner car management system is remembered last.
It must be remembered that the faulty steering thrust with worn tips can cause an emergency on the road. Therefore, motorists should be aware of how the tip of the steering thrust and other drive elements are checked and performed.
What do you need a steering thrust and steering tip
In the car control system, the steering traction is necessary for the transfer of force (rotation) of the steering wheel on the swivel fists of the wheels. Hinges of steering tips provide free rotation of all moving drive parts. The wheel force corresponding to the specified rotation angle transmits directly the drive.
A complex mechanism for the design of the steering system is explained by the fact that during the rotations each wheel it is necessary to set different angle. If the angle of rotation would be the same, then when maneuvers would have a slip of an internal wheel, leading to the wear of the rubber itself and reduce the controllability of the machine.
A different direction of rotation is achieved due to the special design of the car steering part of the car, including traction, hinges and swivel levers. The angle of rotation directly depends on the angle of inclination of the levers.
Why wear steering tips?
To the main reasons for malfunctions and wear of steering treagors include:
- Deformation of thrust and levers arising from strong blows (hitting at high speed per obstacle, hitting the pit).
- Shopping hinges and their untimely replacement.
- Destruction of the anther steering traction due to dust, dirt.
Mostly, the fault of the steering is due to mechanical damage, defects of the protective cover, leading to dust, dirt, moisture. The service life of tips, as a rule, is about 30-40 thousand km of mileage. Diagnostics of steering cras may need a much earlier than the specified mileage - the frequency of testing and replacement directly depends on the quality of the roads, the driving style of the car.
Among the signs of faults should be noted:
- Third-party noises, pendant knocks.
- Right steering wheel.
- Tight rotation of the steering wheel.
How to check the tip of the steering thrust
Independent checking steering is in the inspection of the control system details on the lift or in the pit. You can first learn about problems with steering tips in the knob arising from the rotation of the steering wheel to the side on the smooth section of the road.
Inspection of steering tips and checking the thrust includes:
- Visual inspection of parts for the absence of deformations.
- Checking the protective covers of the ball hinge of the tip (the absence of cracks through which dust, water, dirt can fall).
- The definition of the luft of the tips - the movement along the axis of the fingers should not exceed 1.5 mm.
If you do not know how to check the steering tips on your car, you have no possibility of proper diagnostics, it is better to contact a specialized car service.
How to change the steering tip?
You can replace the tip of the steering thrust on the car yourself by using the manual for servicing your car or recommendations below. Previously need to prepare a tool, a new tip.
Required tools
In order to remove and replace the steering traction, the following tools will be required:
- Key-Ballonik to remove wheel fastening bolts.
- Jack for lifting part of the car.
- Keys on 17 and 19 to unscrew the traction mechanism
- Universal pliers when turning off bolts, removal of a pin.
- The puller either hammer to extract the tip bolt.
- Dynamometric key to ensure accurate effort when installing a new part.
How to remove the steering tip?
The removal of the part is performed in several stages:
- Using the key-Ballonics weakened the wheel wheel bolts.
- The car is partially raised by the jack, the bolts turn completely and the wheel is removed.
- If the replacement and maintenance of the steering and suspension system and the suspension has long been performed for a long time, the place of installation of the tip can be lubricated with the WD-40 tool.
- The steering wheel turns out to the side.
- The thrust mechanism is unscrewed and removed along with the tip.
- From the finger nut extraction removes, the locking nut is unscrewed.
- Due to the impact on the rotary traction by the puller or hammer, the tip bolt is extracted.
- The hinge itself turns out of the old thrust clockwise.
Please note that after removing and installing a new tip, you must perform the collapse of the wheels. If you are working on yourself, then when you remove the hinge from the traction, it is necessary to accurately calculate the number of revolutions and when installing a new part, consider it. You can make a mark for each wheel, indicating the number of revolutions.
How to install a new tip
The new steering tip is installed on the traction and twisted counterclockwise to the number of revolutions on which the old part twisted. In this case, the nut is delayed not "on the eye", but strictly with the effort specified in the manual for servicing your car. To accurately calculate the applied efforts will help the dynamometer key. After that, a pin is installed, and the rest of the work is carried out similarly to the removal, but in reverse order.
Works on self-replacement of tips in the presence of some skills, knowledge of the car device, the corresponding tools do not represent a special complexity. The main thing is that you need to remember when servicing the steering system is the need to adjust the collapse after installing a new thrust or tip. Therefore, to ensure proper manageability of the machine after independent repairs, contact the car service or per service station to adjust the wheels.
Along with the brake system, the steering is one of the main components of the safe movement of the vehicle. The design of this node includes several important elements, the state of which the most directly affects the comfort of the driver and passengers, and therefore any malfunctions in their work are extremely undesirable, and sometimes - even dangerous. One of these components is the steering tip (or correctly say, the tips, because in the steering control two), which is responsible for turning the wheels at a certain angle, which significantly increases the possibility of maneuvering. Considering such a responsible purpose, the failure of these parts will leave the car uncontrollable.
Therefore, in this article we will tell, for what features you can recognize the malfunctions of the steering tips, and also pay attention to the prophylactic primary inspection of these items.
1. Features of operation of steering tips
As we have already noted, the state and quality can not be paid due attention, because its destruction will cause loss of communication between the wheel and steering, and how it can end when the car is moving at high speeds, I think it is not necessary to explain.
During the operation of the vehicle, the steering tip as well as many other components of the machine is experiencing a permanent load. There are several multidirectional forces at once, and there is nothing surprising in that in some cases it may simply not withstand such pressure. To prevent the emergence of serious problems with this part, it is recommended to conduct a regularly inspection and, if necessary, replace the elements failed.
Potentially possible symptoms of steering tip wear primarily are the beating of the steering wheel, changing the required effort when turning the steering wheel and the appearance of a certain free steering wheel, called the handle of the steering wheel.
Quite often, the causes of faults are the breakdown of the anther and enter the dirt in hinged connections. Gradually, through the resulting cracks in the rubber cap, the lubrication of the parts was washed with water, and the mud sediments occupy, which inside the hinge act as abrasive, significantly reducing the resource of the mechanism.
The boot can be made from rubber with frost resistance and high levels of elasticity and specially created polymeric materials. Once you have found at least the slightest signs of the integrity of the protective tip, it is necessary to immediately eliminate the problem by replacing it, which will allow to protect the item itself from wear.
If for some reason you had to remove the steering tip (for example, for restoring or replacing it), then after the reverse installation, you should check the factory settings for the wheel convergence, since after disassembling all the settings are collected. Recovery of geometry are engaged in special clauses for adjustment of collaboration, where it is necessary for this stand.
2. Faults of the steering tip and their signs
Structurally, steering tips are spherical shape hinges, and they are separated on the right and left. In comparison with the service life of the steering thrust, the resource of the steering tips is much smaller, and their fault is one of the most frequent problems, with the solution of which car owners have to face.
The main factors affecting the work of these parts is the state of the road, the vehicle movement speed, the overall state of the steering mechanism, as well as the driving style of the driver of the car. Often a malfunction in the steering tips entails problems in the work of the steering tag themselves, and this is already somewhat more serious. The most characteristic signs of malfunction in the operation of steering tips are:
- return to the "Gaza Pedal";
Plate in the steering wheel or too easy steering wheel;
Sharp knocks and crosses arising when driving around uneven roads, as well as in a situation of sharp braking, or acceleration;
Deaf tapping when turning the steering wheel;
Failures when installing the angle of collapse of the wheels and their loosening in the horizontal plane.
Many specialists are not advised to take into the restoration of broken tips, as this often disrupts the overall design of the steering mechanism and threatens the safe movement of the vehicle. This fact is the reason for steering tips are recommended to be changed complete. The average service life of such elements is approximately 40 thousand kilometers of the car's mileage, and specific figures depend on the factors already listed.
The main fault of the steering tip is to wear a hinge compound, which is due to the fall of the dirt particles (the reason is damage to the protective anther). Also, the steering tip can get "injuries" as a result of the car to some obstacle or due to an emergency. As soon as one of the described signs showed itself, if possible, it is desirable to fully diagnose the state of the steering tips immediately using special equipment for this.
Depending on the results of the procedure, a decision is made on the need to replace the tips themselves, or any other components of the steering mechanism.
3. Primary inspection of steering tips
Of course, an external inspection of the car is an important and responsible occupation, but much more useful will look inside the vehicle, which will help to determine and prevent the breakdown of a particular detail or a node as a whole. Diagnostics of this kind will not take much time and will not require serious knowledge of the car's work, but for the quality of it, it is best to use a friend (to determine the backup two people are required). In an independent manner, you can except to check the item for surface mechanical damage.
In the case of steering tips, the primary inspection provides for the following actions. Since these parts are located on the bottom of the car, then to get them may not be so simple. Therefore, if you wish to complete a complete inspection, it is better to drive the car to the observation pit or a flight. So you will have the opportunity to get wider access to all elements of the bottom, including the suspension and the aforementioned steering tip. Instead of pit and overpass, jacks can also be used to raise the vehicle, but just do not forget to additionally install coaching supports (hemp). Security must be in the first place!
When the car took the right position, take a rag and clean the parts from surface mud, which will give an opportunity to better consider them for all sorts of defects. In addition, you should pay attention to the attachment points, because it is the compounds that, as a rule, are most often failed.
The first challenger for the presence of a malfunction is, of course, the previously described boot, so it is necessary to immediately consider, suddenly there are already cracks on it. The next step is to check the backup. For this, the assistant must twist the steering wheel in different directions, while your task is to observe the operation of the steering tips. If they move along the length of the finger axis more than one and a half millimeters, it indicates the fault of the element.
Considering that the malfunction can be hidden almost anywhere in the node, when conducting diagnostics should be extremely attentive, examined in turns of both parties. If there is a desire (since you and so climbed under the car), you can conduct an inspection of other important parts and nodes. If necessary, they can be immediately lubricated or replaced with new ones.
One of the most important components of a safe movement is the serviceability of the steering mechanism. This mechanism of the car consists of various elements, the performance and wear of which affect the comfort and safety, both the driver and its passengers.
Consequently, strong wear of parts is not only unwanted, but completely unacceptable. One of the components of the steering mechanism is the tip of the steering thrustwhich is dedicated to this article. Below will understand in the causes and signs of wear, we will inspect the details and the sequence of actions when it is replaced.
Diagnostics allows you to determine when you need to change the tips.
Causes of worship of steering tips
The most important cause of wear is the uneven canvas of domestic roads. It is because of the holes that the parts are exposed to a large load, which reduces their service life. The style of driving a car can be as apparently. 
For example, a sharp change of direction of movement similarly becomes cause of steering. All this not only concerns tips, but also spreads directly on thrust and steering rack.
Independent diagnostics of steering and tips
The easiest way to determine the defects of the steering mechanisms is to check on the backlash wheels, or on its free move.
To do this, it is necessary on an empty area of \u200b\u200bthe road to overclock the vehicle up to 60 km / h and start turning the steering wheel to the sides. Before it is necessary to make sure the safety of maneuvers.
Ideally, the car should instantly respond to the position of the steering wheel when it happens with the receipt, it's time to think about the repair and replacement of spare parts.
Another fairly simple diagnostic method is to release the steering wheel at low speed, while the car must keep the course strictly straight. If the machine leads to the side, this can be a sign of wear of the steering tips, but this method of verification is not accurate, since even a bad wheel balancing, or different tire pressure may cause abbreviations from the course.
Out of the worn items can also be spent the outside sounds coming from the front suspension.
Also help can visual inspection. To do this, you need to soak the steering wheel in the opposite side from the observed wheel, to access the tips. Then inspect the item on the absence of cracks and the breaking of the anther. 
For a deeper analysis, you will have to use the lift or a pit, if there is no such possibility, it will be enough to raise the car with the help of a jack.
On the already posted car you need to check the front wheels on the horizontal backlash when it is present it speaks about the wear of the steering parts. The steering tips will also have a vertical backlash that can be checked with hand or mounted.
In case of detection of a defect, the details will have to be changed.
Replacing the tips of the steering
For example, the replacement process will look at the VAZ car. In general, the replacement of steering tips of the VAZ 2114 is no different from other models of this manufacturer, and for VAZ 2110, 2112 and other cars will be similar.
What to do in the process of work
- jack;
- a set of keys;
- the puller for reasuring the finger of the tip of the lever, if there is no such a hammer with the mount, but it will change much more complicated;
- calipers;
- copper lubricant and WD-40.
The replacement procedure of tips
First, raise the car, if there is a lift perfectly, if not, we use the jack. Remove the wheel. For convenience, it is advisable to turn off the steering wheel to the opposite direction from the serviced side.
Next, we clean everything from dirt dust and get a pin. The key to 19, we unscrew the nut of the tip of the tip itself to the rotary lever. If the nut is not amenable to unscrew - use WD-40. 
Now you need a puller to extract the finger from the lever, if there is no such device, you can use the hammer and mont. True will have to sweat, and not the fact that everything will turn out. Often you have to use a large lever, for example scrap. 
Now it remains to remove the tip itself from the thrust. First, it is worth measuring the caliper distance from the lock nut to the edge of the tip. It is necessary that the approximate settings of the scatter are preserved after replacement.
After that, we proceed to the dismantling, for a start, fix the problem itself by the key to 24, and unscrew the locknut clockwise using the key to 27. It remains only to unscrew the tip itself from the steering thrust against the clockwise.
Very important! If you first did not use a caliper, then it is better to calculate the number of revolutions when removing the part, because in the future it will help save approximately the correct drive angle.
Replacement of the steering tip
It often happens that the steering tips themselves are in a good condition, but with visual inspection, the breakfast is revealed. If you leave it in such a state, then soon it will be in disrepair and will have to be changed.
The sequence of work when replacing the steering of the steering tip is the same as with complete, With the only difference that after its extension from the turning fist of the rack, you need to remove the ring locking boot and change damaged to the new one.
Output
As you can see, the process itself is quite simple, if you have the necessary tools and attention, you can easily change everything yourself. We also recommend after such a repair, will go to adjust the corner of the collapse / convergence.
The steering system of any vehicle has a complex design. Changing the trajectory of the car movement and turning the wheels is ensured by the relationship of several elements, which include steering tips. They function on the principle of the ball joint connection, providing the connection of the steering thrust with the swivel fist.
Despite its strength, the item does not have a large resource of operation, and is subject to replacement every 35-40 thousand km of run. This condition is the key to the correct and uninterrupted functioning of the steering mechanism.
What is the tip of the steering thrust?
In the design of the car control system, the part is designed to transmit effort from the steering column to the rotary wheel by changing the contact angle. Therefore, this element looks like a conventional ball joint, which has moving parts. Depending on the structural features of the steering trapezium on the vehicle can be installed up to six such parts.
So, having understood what the steering tip is needed, go to the study of its device. Without this, it is impossible to fully understand the working principle of the element.
Construction Features and Device
Steering tips are constantly exposed to high loads, so they have a simple and solid construction, the work of which is based on the principle of providing the relationship and redistribution of efforts between the elements of the vehicle management system. Speaking easier, they act as a binder between the steering wheel drive and controlled wheels, providing the necessary angle of their turn.
The design of the tips is represented by the following parts, each of which performs its functions:
- The case in the middle of which is semi-axle.
- Fastening element made in the form of a ball finger with a threaded connection.
- Teflon liner, which fixes the finger in the landing place and prevents its movement. This ensures a reliable connection of the tip with a swivel fist.
- Fastening nut of a ball finger.
- The protective cover of the housing that does not allow third-party particles to penetrate the inside of the ball hinge part, protecting it from damage.
- Neoprene case to protect the mechanism on the side of the finger.
- Retaining ring cover for fixing it.
- Spring Connecting body parts with cover.
Almost all parts have a similar device, while they may differ only in their sizes (depends on the model of transport equipment), and the materials of the manufacture of their component elements.
Common malfunction of steering tips
On new vehicles, steering tips are very rarely faced, it is equivalent to, as well as, on cars with mileage when installing a new part. Since the element is in good condition, its teflon liner is not yet destroyed, therefore, it fits the finger tightly, completely excluding the backlash. The intensive operation of the car causes natural wear of the liner, because of which it can no longer hold the ball finger, which is the cause of the arms of the tip and deterioration.
Important! The disregard of the timely replacement of the faulty tip will necessarily damage the steering thrust. It is not difficult to imagine what it can lead to while driving at high speed. Therefore, the faulty item is subject to urgent replacement.
Signs of damage
Diagnostic measures need to be carried out as soon as the first signs of deterioration of the vehicle management were identified, since this is a direct evidence of the failure of one or several tips. In addition, attention should be paid to the deaf sound in the front of the car during the execution of maneuvers and the occurrence of a tangible steering wheel vibration, especially while driving on roads with a bad coating.
Perform the service life check can be independently. For this procedure, it will be necessary to help a friend. And the sequence of its one is:
- The car must be driven into the ramp, and tighten the parking brake.
- To determine the presence of a backlash, you need to twist the steering wheel in different directions. At this time, one person is under the car and watches the tip of the tip.
- In addition to identifying the backlash, you should check the integrity of the anthers that protect the hinge, as well as the status of all the threaded connections.
Outcome
Since the state of coverage of our roads leaves much to be desired, the tips of the steering is consumables that are subject to mandatory replacement after 35-45 thousand km of mileage. After performing the procedure of their replacement, it is necessary to make a "score-collapse" by car. Note that most tips are manufactured maintainable, that is, to restore their performance, it suffices to replace the insert from Teflon.
